Philosophy Society : Event Officer

I am a pure philosophy undergraduate excited to organise more events for students interested in philosophy to meet, get to know each other, and have a fun time. While the events this year have been awesome, I think it would be fun to have more frequent meetings, especially reoccurring activities. As events officer, I would like to host activities such as monthly Pub Quiz Nights, discussion circles based on short readings and intriguing further readings related to the topics of the issues of the Bentham Digest, and hangouts. Hope to see you at the next meeting!

Hey! My name's Sofya, I'm a third year BA Philosophy student. Why am I standing for event officer? Despite the fact that the latest pub quiz has been a success, the overall turnout for the Philosophy event at the beginning of the year left me feeling a bit disappointed. I'd like to change that by introducing more collaboration with other societies such as Film Soc in order to make philosophy both more engaging for many groups of people and accessible for those who do not study philosophy. I'd also like to expand the number of activities within Philsoc, starting with organising an annual ball so that we all can have an opportunity to step back and relax in a more formal (fashion wise) but fun atmosphere. I would also like to organise actual talks and discussion groups for different topics in order to reignite general interest for philosophy in people who don't study it and create a friendlier and less formal environment for discussion for those who do study it. 

I would like to run for the position because I have over 6 years of experience in event organization, including large scale conferences spanning national & international realms, music events, and workshops. I aim to organize more contact between students and lecturers, such as coffee hours to get to know each other and the professors' work more. Another idea would be mini-debates or exercises to create thought experiments to further explore our own thinking.